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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Cool dude in his own way. And I liked this exchange he was a part of Agent Phil Coulson: [via phone] Mr Stark, we need to talk. Tony Stark: You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark, please leave a message. Agent Phil Coulson: This is urgent. Tony Stark: Then leave it urgently. [Coulson enters Stark's penthouse, hanging up his cellphone] Tony Stark: Security breach. Tony Stark: [to Pepper] That's on you. Agent Phil Coulson: Mr Stark. Pepper Potts: Phil! Come in. Tony Stark: "Phil?" Uh, his first name is "Agent."
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Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:32 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:58 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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I'm trying to decide whether this is a montage of all the most badly-written lines of dialogue in history, or whether it's a trailer for Keanu Reeve's latest film...47 Ronin - http://www.imdb.com/rg/s/1/title/tt1335 ... 1020438809
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:57 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I'm particularly averse to clunky dialogue, so I thought it was just me! 
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:10 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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The Butterfly Effect has a remake in the pipeline http://www.totalfilm.com/news/the-butte ... e-pipeline... James McAvoy to star as Victor Von Frankenstein alongside Daniel Radcliffe's Igor in Fox's upcoming adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63423... Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Platt, Andy Garcia, Michael Sheen, and more to KILL THE MESSENGER with Jeremy Renner! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63426... Michael Caine signed onto Matthew Vaughn's SECRET SERVICE, with Emma Watson, Bella Heathcote, and Taron Egerton also circling the project! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63430It's a pretty basic and crap comic tbh.
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:18 pm |
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Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:16 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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My favourite was "mountains of corpses will not stand in our way". Apart from the awkward alliteration, of course they're not going to stand in your way, they are corpses, unless it's The Walking Dead.
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:21 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:41 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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"mountains of corpses" is alliterative, and it's horrible-sounding, hence awkward.
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Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:36 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Ben Foster will play Lance Armstrong in new biopic http://www.totalfilm.com/news/ben-foste ... new-biopic... Rumour: Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in new Conan trilogy? http://www.totalfilm.com/news/rumour-ar ... an-trilogy ... Eddie Murphy to star in Beverly Hills Cop 4 http://www.totalfilm.com/news/eddie-mur ... ills-cop-4I've a feeling the show was a better idea - what are the chances of this recapturing the old magic? 
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:41 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Mountains of corpses isn't alliterative. Metaphoric, yes. Hyperbolic, yes. Actually alliterative? No. Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in words.
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:46 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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It doesn't have to be the initial letter of words, it is the stressed sounds you make; "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" is but an obvious example. Mountains of Corpses are fountains of sauces in pound tins and courses. I was just pointing out that if you were to write something as ear-bleedingly awful as "mountains of corpses" any half decent writer would notice the jarring repetition of the s sound and re-write it, unless they wanted to write a tongue twister 
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:15 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:20 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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A form of alliteration with s sounds? Why yes it is  :p
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:23 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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Then let's use it's name. 
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Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:28 pm |
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